Ammonia → tert-Butyl (aminooxy)acetate

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A solution of N-t-butoxycarbonylmethoxyphthalimide (21g) in methylene chloride (250ml) was treated with 100% hydrazine hydrate (7.6ml) in methanol (15ml), and the mixture was stirred for 1.5 hr. 5N-Ammonia solution was added to dissolve the precipitated solid. The organic layer was separated, and the aqueous layer was further extracted with methylene chloride. The combined extracts were washed with water, dried, and evaporated to give a pale-yellow solid. To this was added ether, the mixture was filtered, and the filtrate evaporated to give t-butoxycarbonylmethoxyamine as a pale yellow liquid, (8.88g, 80%); νmax. (Nujol) includes 3330, 3260 cm.-1 (NH2), 1742 cm.-1 (-COOBut); τ values (DMSO-d6) are 3.75 (-NH2), 5.96 (CH2) 8.55 (But).

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